Suicidal Ideation, Planning, and Attempts Changes Among Diverse Canadian Public Safety Personnel After the Emotional Resilience Skills Training

• DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13168
• Publication Date: 2025-02-11T10:32:17Z
• Authors: Jolan Nisbet; Kirby Q. Maguire; Taylor A. Teckcha...; Robyn E. Shields; Katie L. Andrews; Tracie O. Afifi; Alain Brunet; Terence M. Keane; Gregory P. Krätzig; Renée S. MacPhee; Ronald R. Martin; Michelle C. E. Mc...; J. Patrick Neary; Shannon Sauer‐Zavala; R. Nicholas Carleton
• Keywords: Stressor

Public safety personnel (PSP) experience occupational stressors and potentially psychologically traumatic events, which increase the odds of screening positive for mental health disorders, risk suicide. This study estimates suicidal ideation, planning, attempts among Canadian PSP, assesses associations with Emotional Resilience Skills Training (ERST). The current uses a longitudinal prospective sequential experimental cohort design that engages participants approximately 16 months. Participants (n = 186, 60.5% men) were administered structured Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview at three time points relative to ERST: pre-training, post-training, 1-year follow-up. At PSP reported past-month ideation 24; 12.9%), planning 7; 3.8%), no attempts. 12; 10.1%), < 5), 0). follow-up, 12.5%), 0) or results indicate suicide-related challenges particularly who self-identify as women females. suggest sector-specific differences in suicide attempts, indicating unique PSP. evidenced reductions directly after ERST; however, attrition impacted analyses Additional mixed-methods research would help inform mitigation strategies. ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT05530642. Hypotheses Registration: aspredicted.org, #90136. Registered 7 March 2022-Prospectively registered.